The Sham Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland and Northern Ireland) (Administrative) Regulations 2015

Type Statutory-Instrument
Publication 2015-02-26
Last updated 2026-02-25
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S.I. 2003/413 (N.I. 3); Article 3E is inserted by paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland Order (S.I. 2015/395).

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Section 139E is inserted by paragraph 2 of Schedule 3 to the Northern Ireland Order.

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Relevant amendments are made to section 4 (insertion of subsection (6)) by paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 to the Scotland Order.

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Relevant amendments are made to section 89 (insertion of subsection (5)) by paragraph 4 of Schedule 3 to the Scotland Order.

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Relevant amendments are made to Article 4 (insertion of paragraphs (2A) and (2B)) by paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland Order.

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Relevant amendments are made to section 140 (insertion of subsections (2A) and (2B)) by paragraph 4 of Schedule 3 to the Northern Ireland Order.

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Under section 8 of the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965 (c. 49) each local registration district must provide a registration office for its district (whether or not it is located in that district).

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Section 8(2)(b) was amended by section 12 of the Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 5) (“Marriage and Civil Partnership Act”)

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Section 94A was inserted by section 24(13) of the Marriage and Civil Partnership Act; a civil registration is a civil partnership registered by an authorised registrar.

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Section 3A is inserted by paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the Scotland Order.

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Section 88A is inserted by paragraph 2 of Schedule 3 to the Scotland Order.

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Subsection (4) was amended by section 2 of, and paragraph 4 of Schedule 2 to, the Marriage (Prohibited Degrees of Relationship) Act 1986 (c. 16) (“1986 Act”), paragraph 44 of Schedule 28 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33) and sections 2 and 8 of the Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act (asp 5) (“Marriage and Civil Partnership Act”).

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1977 c. 15; section 3(1) was amended by section 2 of, and paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 to, the 1986 Act; paragraph 43 of Schedule 28 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004; section 50 of the Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 14) (“2006 Act”); and sections 3 and 8 of the Marriage and Civil Partnership Act. Other amendments have been made to section 3 but they are not relevant to these Regulations.

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2004 c. 33; section 88(1) was amended by section 52 of the 2006 Act.

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1965 c. 49; section 5 was substituted by section 37(2) of the 2006 Act.

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Subsection (1) was amended by section 37(5) of the 2006 Act. There are other amendments to section 8 but they are not relevant to these Regulations.

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Section 8(2)(a) was amended by section 12 of the Marriage and Civil Partnership Act. Other amendments made to section 8 relevant to that definition were also made by section 12 of that Act.

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Section 3(5) was amended by paragraph 21 of Schedule 1 to the Family Law Act 1986 (c. 55) and section 3(2) of the Marriage and Civil Partnership Act.

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Section 3A was inserted by paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the Scotland Order; subsection (10) makes provision for the interpretation of references to a person holding a relevant visa, a person's particular immigration status and a person's immigration position.

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Section 88A was inserted by paragraph 2 of Schedule 3 to the Scotland Order; subsection (9) makes provision for the interpretation of references to a person holding a relevant visa, a person's particular immigration status and a person's immigration position.

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Article 3A was inserted by paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland Order; paragraph (9) makes provision for the interpretation of references to a person holding a relevant visa, a person's particular immigration status and a person's immigration position.

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Section 139A was inserted by paragraph 2 of Schedule 3 to the Northern Ireland Order; subsection (9) makes provision for the interpretation of references to a person holding a relevant visa, a person's particular immigration status and a person's immigration position.

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Amendments have been made to section 6(1) but they are not relevant to these Regulations.

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The definition of “relevant requirement” in section 50(11) is amended by paragraph 3 of Schedule 4 to the Northern Ireland Order and paragraph 3 of Schedule 4 to the Scotland Order.

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Section 3F was inserted by paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the Scotland Order.

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Section 88F was inserted by paragraph 2 of Schedule 3 to the Scotland Order.

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Article 3E was inserted by paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland Order.

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Section 139E was inserted by paragraph 2 of Schedule 3 to the Northern Ireland Order.

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Regulations made under section 49 of the Immigration Act 2014 (c. 22) (S.I. 2015/122) set out who is subject to immigration control for the purposes of the referral and investigation scheme.

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1971 c. 77; section 2 was substituted by section 39 of the British Nationality Act 1981 (c. 61) and subsection (2) was subsequently amended by section 3 of the Immigration Act 2014 (c. 22).

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Section 8(3) was amended by paragraph 2 of Schedule 4 to the British Nationality Act and section 4 of the Immigration Act 1988 (c. 14).

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Subsection (4) was also amended by paragraph 2 of Schedule 4 to the British Nationality Act and by the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1995 (c. 44).

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S.I. 1972/1613 as amended by S.I. 1975/617, S.I. 1977/693, S.I. 1982/1649, S.I. 1985/1809, S.I. 1997/1402, S.I. 1997/2207 and S.I. 2004/3171.

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The definition of “certificate of entitlement” was substituted by section 10 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (c. 41).

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The Treaty establishing the North Atlantic Treaty Organization; Treaty Series No. 56 (1949); Cmd 7789.

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Treaty Series No. 3 (1955); Cmd 9363.

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Subsection (2A) was inserted by section 39(6) of, and paragraph 7 of Schedule 4 to, the British Nationality Act 1981 (c. 61).

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1988 (c. 52).

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